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Sarduri I 𒊬𒁺𒊑 | |
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| Born | 9th century BCE Urartu |
| Died | 828 BCE Tushpa, Urartu |
| Nationality | Urartian |
Sarduri I (died 828 BCE) was the third king of Urartu. He challenged Assyrian power by adopting the royal title of the Assyrian kings and replacing the name of Assyria with Urartu. He moved his capital to Tushpa and fortified the city with stone walls.[1]
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- ↑ Grigory Bongard-Levin, Boris Piotrovsky (1988). Ancient Civilisations of East and West. https://archive.org/details/ancientciveastwest/mode/1up.